Enlightenment

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Hannah pulled the scruffy horse she rode to a halt on the crest of a small rise, paused, and looked out over the unknown valley spreading before her. Sage, the young sorceress who had been sent to teach her to read and write, and had been drawn into her escape, pulled her horse beside Hannah and smiled in a limp attempt at displaying confidence, and failing utterly.

“The beginning of our new lives is down there,” Hannah said, trying to sound cheerful and doing her best to disguise the doubts and fears with words. She hoped they were an encouragement for the older girl, Sage, who had been innocently caught up in the venture.

Sage stopped beside her and glanced over her shoulder before returning to take in the view of the broad valley neither had ever seen or heard of. While her eyes focused on what lay at the base of the mountains, Sage said, “They’ll be pursuing us, soon, won’t they? Coming after us? I mean, after you?”

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